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ISS037-E-010721 (5 Oct. 2013) --- A specimen of human blood or a body fluid like saliva and urine is stowed by...
This image shows the cells that hold the soil samples that are vibrated by the Chemistry and Mineralogy CheMin...
This image from NASA Curiosity rover shows the open inlet where powdered rock and soil samples will be funneled down...
Image illustrates the tools on the end of the arm that are used to acquire samples, image the contents of the scoop,...
NASA Mars rover Curiosity carries five cylindrical blocks of organic check material for use in a control experiment...
Caye Johnson, a former biologist from NASA's Ames Research Center, narrates footage from 1969 of researchers...
S69-40110 (25 July 1969) --- The first Apollo 11 sample return container, containing lunar surface material, is...
This calibration target for Mars 2020's Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics &...
While instruments on the pallets in the payload bay observed the universe, biological experiments were performed in...
This GIF shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collecting two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – with a...
iss073e0000725 (April 23, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander...
iss073e0284809 (July 12, 2025) --- (From left) Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA helps Axiom...
Researcher examines a tubular Aerogel material sample in its "green" state. Aerogels are among the lightest solid...
iss074e0364909 (March 6, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Jessica Meir works inside the...
ISS028-E-014916 (8 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both Expedition 28 flight...
iss073e0284872 (July 12, 2025) --- (From left) Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA helps Axiom...
S69-31048 (18 April 1969) --- Suited astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU),...
ISS028-E-014918 (8 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both Expedition 28 flight...
iss073e0605876 (Sept. 4, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Zena Cardman processes bone stem...
iss072e451296 (Jan. 8, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit works in the Destiny...
iss072e452598 (Jan. 10, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes samples of...
61C-05-036 (12-18 Jan. 1986) --- U.S. Representative Bill Nelson (Democrat - Florida), STS-61C payload specialist,...
STS073-352-008 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- On the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia,...
iss048e069880 (9/3/2016) --- NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins makes preparations for the Run 2 sample initialization of...